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Evidence gathered by the IPCC indicated that Mr McKeown’s car was not defective and a post mortem examination found that his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal drink drive limit.

Mr McKeown’s family raised concerns as to why, if he was under the influence of alcohol, he was left in control of his car by police who spoke to him in Broad Street to request he turned down his music just before he drove off.

The officers concerned stated that at that time they had no reason to suspect he had been drinking and in the IPCC investigator’s opinion it was reasonable and proportionate that once Mr McKeown had complied with the officers’ request about his music, they had taken no further action until later seeing that he was driving without his seat belt.

The IPCC’s investigation report concluded that there was no causal link between his death and officers’ actions.

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IPCC Operations Manager Steve Martin said: “I would like to again extend our condolences to Mr McKeown’s family for their sad loss. Our investigation found no fault on the part of the police who attempted to stop him in his car during the normal course of their duties.

"For reasons we will never know he did not comply with their request to stop and ultimately there were tragic consequences.”